ABOUT THIS BOOKWhat exactly is neoliberalism, and where did it come from? This volume attempts to answer these questions by exploring neoliberalism’s origins and growth as a political and economic movement. The Road from Mont Pèlerin presents the key debates and conflicts that occurred among neoliberal scholars and their political and corporate allies regarding trade unions, development economics, antitrust policies, and the influence of philanthropy.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Contents
Introduction
Dieter Plehwe
Part I. Origins of National Traditions
1 French Neoliberalism and Its Divisions: From the Colloque Walter Lippmann to the Fifth Republic
François Denord
2 Liberalism and Neoliberalism in Britain, 1930¿1980
Keith Tribe
3 Neoliberalism in Germany: Revisiting the Ordoliberal Foundations of the Social Market Economy
Ralf Ptak
4 The Rise of the Chicago School of Economics and the Birth of Neoliberalism
Philip Mirowski and Rob van Horn
Part II. Arguing out Strategies on Targeted Topics
5 The Neoliberals Confront the Trades Unions
Yves Steiner
6 Reinventing Monopoly and the Role of Corporations: Chicago School of Law and Economics
Rob van Horn
7 The Origins of Neoliberal Economic Development Discourse
Dieter Plehwe
8 Business Conservatives and the Mont Pèlerin Society
Kim Phillips-Fein
Part III. Mobilizations for Action
9 The Influence of Neoliberals in Chile before, during, and after Pinochet
Karin Fischer
10 Taking Aim at the New International Economic Order
Jennifer Bair
11 How Neoliberalism Makes a World: The Urban Property Project in Peru
Tim Mitchell
Postface: Defining Neoliberalism
Philip Mirowski
Index

What exactly is neoliberalism, and where did it come from? This volume attempts to answer these questions by exploring neoliberalism’s origins and growth as a political and economic movement. The Road from Mont Pèlerin presents the key debates and conflicts that occurred among neoliberal scholars and their political and corporate allies regarding trade unions, development economics, antitrust policies, and the influence of philanthropy.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Contents
Introduction
Dieter Plehwe
Part I. Origins of National Traditions
1 French Neoliberalism and Its Divisions: From the Colloque Walter Lippmann to the Fifth Republic
François Denord
2 Liberalism and Neoliberalism in Britain, 1930¿1980
Keith Tribe
3 Neoliberalism in Germany: Revisiting the Ordoliberal Foundations of the Social Market Economy
Ralf Ptak
4 The Rise of the Chicago School of Economics and the Birth of Neoliberalism
Philip Mirowski and Rob van Horn
Part II. Arguing out Strategies on Targeted Topics
5 The Neoliberals Confront the Trades Unions
Yves Steiner
6 Reinventing Monopoly and the Role of Corporations: Chicago School of Law and Economics
Rob van Horn
7 The Origins of Neoliberal Economic Development Discourse
Dieter Plehwe
8 Business Conservatives and the Mont Pèlerin Society
Kim Phillips-Fein
Part III. Mobilizations for Action
9 The Influence of Neoliberals in Chile before, during, and after Pinochet
Karin Fischer
10 Taking Aim at the New International Economic Order
Jennifer Bair
11 How Neoliberalism Makes a World: The Urban Property Project in Peru
Tim Mitchell
Postface: Defining Neoliberalism
Philip Mirowski
Index